Windows Into the Soul : Surveillance and Society in An Age of High Technology
By Marx, Gary T.
Book – 2016

The library’s barcode sticker on the back generally obscures some unimportant back-cover information but, in this case, it is troublesome: it covers Schneier’s recommendation. I wanted to read that so I found it on the web:

In a world punch-drunk on data, with both governments and corporations – not to mention private persons – increasingly recording and correlating our every move, Windows Into the Soul is an important and timely book

The Car Hacker’s Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester, Craig Smith, No Starch Press

What causes worse damage, hacking into a desktop PC or a the processors embedded in a car? Often, the latter, and it has recently become a concern. You might have seen the video of a SUV in a ditch, directed there by a white-hat. Security professionals will want to know all about this topic, and can get an excellent start by reading the (free) current version. Shortly thereafter, you will want to buy the new, updated version from No Starch Press.Continue reading “Car Hacker’s Handbook”

Security used to be mostly about the firewall. Long ago! Now, with everything going through port 80,
the focus is more on the browser. Complexity comes with vulnerabilities, and this 600 page book explains many of them well. But this field changes rapidly, and the book is dated now.